Saturday, April 12, 2014

Do Something Great For Yourself And Your Family: The Day of No Sugar Challenge … by gimleteye

There is a new book out about one family's commitment to go sugar-free, for an entire year. It's not easy, I know, to make the change but never mind wonder-drugs: just take sugar out of your diet and you will feel much, much better.

I've been mostly sugar-free out of a commitment to fixing our Everglades. Call it: the political is personal. Sugar poisons people, poisons the Everglades, and poisons Democracy. That's the short form (read other EOM posts on Big Sugar, for the longer form!)

Sugar is addictive. But once one makes the commitment to weed out sugar from your diet, the positive effects are immediately evident. The first thing I noticed is that cutting out sugar really lessens the inflammatory response across a range of health issues. That goes for aching knees from years of too much impact.

Once you start eliminating sugar, the way you view your grocery store changes entirely. One could make the argument that the failure of the big chain grocers to understand the consequences of sugar addiction helped open the door to billion dollar competitors who succeeded by marketing healthier foods. The big grocers and industrial food suppliers have all succumbed to the addictions of sugar, too.

And if you are really bold, cut out sugary carbohydrates. You will feel better, I promise. And reducing sugar's influence on the Everglades might make you feel better too (even if you are a lobbyist for Big Sugar).

PS. If you want to learn more, check out The Institute for Responsible Nutrition. This is a brand new effort to fix what's wrong with public health at the building block level. Who says Eye On Miami can't deliver positive news!

I'll second Gimleteye's assertion that sugar is poison and that you'll feel better once you quit. I had a fairly sharp pain in the lower right quandrant of my abdomen for the last 5 years. My appendix was removed years ago, so that wasn't it. My family doctor said nothing was wrong and so did the doctor who did the colonoscopy. But the pain and discomfort persisted - until I quit drinking sodas and eating candy. The pain hasn't gone away completely yet (it's been almost a year since I quit), but it is orders of magnitude less. Sugar is poison. It will kill you.

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Quotes hall of fame - worth another look:

Jonathon Dunlop of Australia about the Miami Airport:"This is the most disorganized shambles of an airport that exists on this earth.''April 01, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment on Post__________________________________On "Colony Collapse Disorder":Anonymous said...I say lets wait till the last tree is going to be cut down, the last bit of oil used, the last lowland coastal areas flooded before we make any rash decisions that might effect the economy.April 21, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment_________________________________On Bee “Colony Collapse Disorder” being blamed on cell phones:Anonymous said...Hmmm. What are bees doing with cell phones, anyhow?April 20, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment_________________________________On South Florida Water Supply:Ron Littlepage said...Unfortunately, we know who would win when it comes to allowing development to run amok and it's not the wildlife.April 20, 2007 Eye on Miami Comment Post_________________________________Lesley Blackner said:In Florida, the sad reality is that government exists to serve the development machine, not the citizenry. That's why it's proper to say that in Florida we have government of the developer, by the developer and for the developer.April 22, 2007 Eye on Miami Post_________________________________On City of Miami and Miami Dade County giving $1,000,000 each to Jorge Perez’s Related Group (The Group's 2005 revenues were $3.25 billion.):"It makes as much sense as me donating half my paycheck to Warren Buffett.”May 6, 2007 Miami Herald Columnist Ana Menendez_________________________________On the FCAT Test:"'Florida is a serial mis-user of test scores.''Bob Schaeffer, director for Massachusetts-based FairTest.May 25, 2007 Miami Herald_________________________________Clifford Schulman (Greenberg Traurig Lobbyist):"This is the first time in 33 years that any one has accused me of fraud." June 28, 2007 Miami HeraldI say: hmm.__________________________________Max Rameau, Homeless Activist:"I respect Ron Book for his work with the Homeless Trust, but the Liberty City community and others have given broad support to this idea. I don't know that a big-time millionaire lobbyist can tell us what is best for Liberty City and the black community.'' July 28, 2007 Miami Herald__________________________________"After years of mismanagement under a board of political appointees and neighborhood activists, Miami-Dade County administrators have proposed a new way to run the troubled empowerment zone program. The plan: Bring in new political appointees and neighborhood activists."November 6, 2007 Miami Herald: Reporter Scott Hiaasen______________________________________"Saying "Greater Everglades" and "Northern Everglades" is not saying Everglades -- other places are deserving of being protected too, but there is only one Everglades. The main thing is to keep the 'Main Thing' the main thing -- which, lately, has not been the main thing." Bob Mooney - on Listserve "Everglades Commons"________________________________________"Does anyone in their right mind believe that Florida could conduct postal balloting without a major screw-up or scandal? Heavens, no! The whole country is keenly aware that our state is a sump hole of incompetence and corruption."Carl Hiaasen - March 16, 2008 Miami Herald_______________________________________On the Charter Review: "Commissioners want us to vote on their own pet changes, ideas the review team explicitly rejected. And, they're throwing their blatantly self-serving ballot questions at us at the same time. What a slap in the face to the charter review team — and to all of us!" Michael Lewis of Miami Today - April 10, 2008______________________________________On the Miami Dade County Commission:''Unfortunately, this is a commission that would build a cyanide factory next to a playground if you hired the right 12 lobbyists,'' Miami Lakes Councilman Michael Pizzi - May 14, 2008______________________________________"The days where we’re just building sprawl forever, those days are over. I think that Republicans, Democrats, everybody recognizes that that’s not a smart way to build communities." President Barack Obama in Fort Meyers - February 10, 2009______________________________________"So."Dick Cheney's response when told that two thirds of Americans did not support the war in Iraq. - Time Magazine 2008______________________________________"It seems like a bad idea can always find a home in the Florida Legislature." - Howard Simon - Executive Director of Florida ACLU - March 24, 2010

______________________________________Complete this sentence: South Florida really needs a..."Regional plan for controlled growth (before it becomes a concrete jungle similar to Houston), and a completely new set of elected officials that make decisions based on what's good for the future of South Florida instead of what's good for their wallets. - Jack McCabe, Real Estate expert who predicted the housing boom's end. - August 29, 2011 Miami Herald